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Like referring to a Christmas tree as a holiday tree?
Like a Toronto School telling the pupils Nov. 11, Rememberance Day, is a Muslim Holy Day? Not a word about what Nov.11 means to Cdns. and our soldiers.
That sort of political correctness!!!!!!! :mad:
Banning all Christmas references from a courthouse because it might offend non Christians.
I basically am aethiest but that sort of thing is just sheer stupidity if not reverse racism.
As a massive Harry Connick Jr fan I was highly impressed with his zero score...
It was a an old joke (Jackson being white) executed in a dumb fashion but extrapolate that to mean Australia is racist is taking it a bit far...
You've simply highlighted a few extreme examples of people in authority taking things too far (a lot of these stories, like the "Baa baa rainbow sheep" one, aren't even true). I don't feel like my life is curtailed in any way by politicial correctness, but if I wanted to call a work colleague a paki or a poof*, I'd quick find myself out of a job, and that's the way it should be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Easy Drifter
* - I originally wrote f****t but it got blocked by the filter. OMG! PC GONE MAD!
F'gts and peas are a local speciality dish where I live. Damn this forum for taking away my human right to talk about my local foods. It's political correctness gone mad I tell you. F'gts and peas fueled the industrial revolution. :p
I used to enjoy eating spiced balls of offal, but I can't anymore, in case it upsets a gay. It's political correctness gone mad.Quote:
Originally Posted by GridGirl
Every case I mentioned is true. In every case the decision, except the court got reversed. The judge who ordered a Christmas tree removed refused to back down and by law she was within her power. I know the High School involved and my ex went there.
Still, they're extreme examples. I wouldn't condemn political correctness just because a few over-zealous jobsworths take it too far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Easy Drifter
That's a load of rubbish. To suggest that Australia is the only country in the world where racism can occur at government levels is ridiculous. I believe Malaysia has laws that prohibit non-Malays from holding certain positions. It's enshrined in law. What about the way China deals with some minorities whose cultural beliefs and practices are percieved to be a threat to Chinese rule? That's a far cry from our Prime Minister wishing the former boss of our national telecom provider "adios amigo" because of his Mexican background.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koz
Racism is real, always has been, probably always will be. It's one of the darker aspects of the human condition. By getting upset over a joke, whether that joke was in poor taste or not, I think we run the risk of 'the boy who cried wolf' syndrome. Real racism will escape notice as people will think it's another case of somebody crying over nothing.
There are obviously some cultural differences at play here. In the UK (and almost certainly the USA as well) to black-up is deemed incredibly offensive. There is no debate to be had. If this happened in the UK it wouldn't have even reached our screens. In fact I very much doubt anyone would be stupid enough to try and get on telly whilst blacked-up in the first place. Did you not have the black & white minstels in Australia? I'm just trying to get a handle on why you guys seem to view it as a harmless joke.
:up: As a Yank, I couldn't agree with you more. There's an epidemic of sensitivity in this country, where soon people will be subscribing for perscriptions to that as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmoon